1) Alms
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1) Christian term 2) Offering
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The offertory (from Medieval Latin offertorium and Late Latin offerre) is the part of a Eucharistic service when the bread and wine for use in the service are ceremonially placed on the altar. A collection of alms from the congregation, such as may take place also at non-Eucharistic services, often coincides with this ceremony. The Eucharistic the...
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• (n.) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass. • (n.) The act of offering, or the thing offered. • (n.) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration. • (n.) The offerings themselves. • (n.) ...
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(from the article `Gregorian chant`) ...and number of syllables for each two lines. The melody of the first line was repeated for the second line of the stanza, a new melody being given ...
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The fourth part of the Roman Catholic Mass Proper, in which the bread and wine are placed on the altar, preceding the Credo and Communion. In musical terms, a psalm in the form of a plainsong was...
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Origin: L. Offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in LL. Offertory: cf.F. Offertoire. ... 1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. ... 2. An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass. That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up t...
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It is customary to give this name to the part of the Mass during which gifts are prepared and brought to the altar, but the term is inappropriate because it creates confusion: what is offered in the Mass is the Body and Blood of Christ (offer of sacrifice after consecration)
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Of'fer·to·ry noun ;
plural Offertories . [ Latin
offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in Late Latin offertory: confer French
offertoire .]
1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. [ Obsolete or R.]
Bacon. Bp. Fell. 2. (R....Found on
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n] - the offerings of the congregation at a religious service 2. [n] - the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
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the most elaborate of the antiphonal chants from the mass. The offertory has shed its psalm verse, so the antiphon stands alone. (As usual, the choir sings the antiphon.)
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noun the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
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